Judges Draw by number for ISU Championships 2013 (ISU Communication 1763)

[Sylvia]

ISU Communication No. 1763
Judges Draw by number for ISU Figure Skating Championships 2013

08 October 2012

Further to Rule 582, Rule 660 and Rule 972 of the ISU Special Regulations and Technical Rules for Single & Pair Skating and Ice Dance, and the Special Regulations and Technical Rules for Synchronized Skating 2012, the draw for Judges by number for the above-mentioned Championships was held on October 3, 2012, at the Hotel Hilton in Zürich in the presence of Mr. David Dore, ISU Vice-President Figure Skating, Mr. Peter Krick, Chair Sports Directorate, Ms. Patricia Mayor, ISU Sports Coordinator Figure Skating, Mr. Roland Wehinger, President of the Schweizer Eislauf Verband and Mr. Philippe Dünner, auditor from BDO AG in ISU Communication 1763.

Direct link to ISU Communication no. 1763 (PDF) and the results of the Draw: http://isu.sportcentric.net/db//files/serve.php?id=3805

[acraven]

No singles judges from US or Canada at Worlds. In fact, Canada will only have a pairs judge there.

[victorskid]

No singles judges from US or Canada at Worlds. In fact, Canada will only have a pairs judge there.

That should remove almost all of the comments about the "home advantage", shouldn't it

[kirkbiggestfan]

Judges are pretty much irrelevant if the technical controllers decide to call the shots like they did at Euros last year. When do they announce the callers?

[peibeck]

That should remove almost all of the comments about the "home advantage", shouldn't it

I doubt it.

[~tapdancer~]

Its more about the callers than the judges anymore. Levels often make the difference.

[a56]

Judges are pretty much irrelevant if the technical controllers decide to call the shots like they did at Euros last year. When do they announce the callers?

Agree. Probably, they have already decided who the technical controllers and specialists are going to be for the whole season, including worlds. This information is never announced to the public until about one day before the competition officially begins, when they post the ISU results website for the competition. So as of now, only the ISU insiders (technical committee members, etc.) have access to that information.

[IceIceBaby]

Agree. Probably, they have already decided who the technical controllers and specialists are going to be for the whole season, including worlds. This information is never announced to the public until about one day before the competition officially begins, when they post the ISU results website for the competition. So as of now, only the ISU insiders (technical committee members, etc.) have access to that information.

And why is that? I wish the ISU would start to develop a computer technique to replace the technical controllers. But maybe it doesn't want to do that...

[triple_toe]

IMO the technical controller has waayyy too much influence on the score. There should be more people on the technical panel.

[Ziggy]

And why is that? I wish the ISU would start to develop a computer technique to replace the technical controllers. But maybe it doesn't want to do that...

That's not really possible in skating. Way too many variables to take into account.

A computer program could assist with certain things like counting the rotations in a jump for example. But even that would be super difficult to program. Let alone things like correct edges on turns, what a difficult position is in certain elements, etc.

[Aussie Willy]

IMO the technical controller has waayyy too much influence on the score. There should be more people on the technical panel.

In what way does the Technical Controller have way too much influence? Have you sat in on a Technical Panel and listened to them?

And if you think there should be more people on the panel, then what is the ideal number?

[Ziggy]

triple_toe, first of all the technical controller doesn't have too much influence on his own. There are two other people there and in the end it is a majority decision.

Secondly, if you have more than three people then taking decisions would take forever. And they have to make decisions fast.

The issue here for me is that there still aren't that many technical panelists compared to judges out there. And they don't get drawn just like the judges do (which is what should be happening).